Oil-can.



No. 702,070. Patented June 10, I902.

W. J. PAUL.

OIL CAN.

' (Application filed Sept. 11, 1901.) (No Model.)

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' UNITED;- STATES PATENT O ICE;

WILLIAM 'J. PAUL, on BosToN, MASSACHUSETTS.

OIL-CAN,

SPECiFIIiQAilIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 702,070, dated June 10,, 1902.

I To all whohe it may-concern.-

zen of the UnitedStates,

Beitknown that 1, WILLIAM .L AUL, a citiresidiug at Boston,

in thecounty of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements'in Oil-(Bans and I do hereby declare the following tobe afull, clear,- and enact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap-.

1o pertains to make and use the same.

. cans; and it consists in the novel construc- Y which closes the said nozzle.

This invention relates to air-vents for oilti'on'and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.'

r5 In the drawings; Figure 1 is a vertical sec D is the air-vent pipe, formed of aconti'nuous tubular loop or link, the lower "half 01;"

which is arranged inside. the cap (3; v

E is a spherical enlargement in one side portion of the pipe D above the top of the capoutside the can. This enlargement is provided with a lateral air-hole e,-and f is an air-hole in the lowest part of the bend of the pipe D below the cap; I f I When the oil-can is tilted up so that the oil runs out of its spout, which is not shown,

, the air enters the hole eand allows the oilto- Applioatl'on'fllefl September 11,1901; Serial No. 75,098. memorial.)

I pass out of the spout freelyi' The air passes in either direction around the link D and through the hole f. Any oil which passes upward through the hole f is caught in the bulb or enlargement E and drains back again'when the can is restored to its original position.

Owing to the peculiar constructionof the link and the position of the air-holes, there will be practically no leak of oil from the can, and

it can be tilted in substantially every direc-' V tion with equal facility. WhatI claim is', a v

l. The combination, with an oil-can, ofan air-vent pipe formed of a continuous tubular link which-projects partially from the upper part of the can, said link having a hole at its lowest part inside the canand a bulb at one side of it outside the can said bulb being pro vided with a lateral hole 'substantially as set forth. I

2. The combination, with an oil-can, and a cap for closing it of an air-vent pipe formed of a tubular link which. projects through thecap and has an-air-hole at its lowest part, said air-vent pipe having also an enlargement provided with alateral air-hole in one ofits side portions above thecap, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I afllx my signature in presence of two witnesses,

' WILLIAM J. PAUL;

Witnesses: -ALIGE J MURRAY, *FREDK. K. DAocErr. 

